New leadership program at CSU begins this fall
May 20, 2020
Beginning this fall students can enroll in an innovative 15-hour interdisciplinary minor in leadership at Charleston Southern University. The minor, offered jointly by the colleges of Business and Christian Studies, contains classes…
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South Carolina ETV to premiere documentary film exploring history of South Carolina National Guard
May 20, 2020
‘We Have a Story to Tell: 350 Years of the South Carolina National Guard’ premieres May 21 at 7 p.m., re-airs May 24 and 25 South Carolina ETV (SCETV) announced…
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Stephanie Spann named Principal at Simmons-Pinckney Middle
May 18, 2020
Charleston County School District (CCSD) is proud to announce and welcome Stephanie Spann as principal at Simmons-Pinckney Middle School. Spann has served as an assistant principal at James Island Charter…
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Katchia Gethers named Principal at Hunley Park Elementary
May 18, 2020
Charleston County School District (CCSD) announced and welcome Dr. Katchia Gethers as principal at Hunley Park Elementary School. Gethers comes to CCSD from Hawaii where she has served as a…
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Dale Metzger named Principal of the West Ashley Center for Advanced Studies
May 18, 2020
Charleston County School District (CCSD) announced and welcome Dale Metzger as principal of the new West Ashley Center for Advanced Studies located on the West Ashley High School campus set…
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Gayle Morris named Principal at Thomas C. Cario Middle
May 18, 2020
Charleston County School District (CCSD) announced Gayle Morris as principal at Thomas C. Cario Middle School. Morris has served as the school’s interim principal since June 2018. Prior to Cario,…
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Michael White named Principal at Morningside Middle
May 18, 2020
Charleston County School District (CCSD) is proud to announce and welcome Michael J. White as principal at Morningside Middle School. White joins the district from Dorchester County School District 4…
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Amber Sainz named Principal at Julian Mitchell Elementary
May 18, 2020
Charleston County School District (CCSD) announced and welcome Amber Sainz as principal at Julian Mitchell Elementary School. Sainz joins the district from Republic, Missouri where she has served as an…
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State Treasurer Curtis Loftis announces annual PalmettoBaby Grant Program
May 18, 2020
Babies born on May 29 eligible to receive $529 for college savings State Treasurer Curtis Loftis has been a passionate advocate of the importance of saving for college, as administrator…
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Trident Technical College announces plans for summer semester
May 14, 2020
Trident Technical College will offer the majority of its classes online for the summer semester the college announced Thursday. The college is currently in the middle of its Maymester term,…
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Four CCSD students receive $2,500 scholarships from NMSC
May 14, 2020For the second year in a row, four Charleston County School District (CCSD) students earned $2,500 National Merit Scholarships from the National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC). Academic Magnet High School’s…
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Citadel planning August return to campus for 2020-21 academic year
May 14, 2020The President of The Citadel announced today that the college is planning to reopen campus in August to receive cadets and students and begin the 2020-2021 academic year. “Our priority…
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Christy James named Movers and Shakers 2020 – Innovators
May 14, 2020
Charleston County School District’s Library & Media Services Specialist, Christy James, has been named a 2020 Library Journal Movers & Shakers Innovator. Library Journal chooses these individuals based on their…
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Charleston County School District a leader in social and emotional learning
May 12, 2020Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) is not a new concept to Charleston County School District (CCSD). While academics is always at the forefront of the mind of every principal, parent, teacher, and…
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College of Charleston Graduate School launches English Education Enrichment program
May 12, 2020In an effort to support local teachers in the ongoing pursuit of knowledge, the joint Master of Arts in English program at the College of Charleston and The Citadel will offer up…
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CCSD CTE staff member earns regional honor
May 12, 2020
Charleston County School District announced that Antoinette Green is the Career Specialist of the Year for the Trident Region for 2020. The South Carolina Department of Education Office of Career…
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Charleston native, former Coke Consolidated President joins CIU board
May 11, 2020
Charleston native Henry W. (Hank) Flint is the newest member of the Columbia International University Board of Trustees. Flint served as the president and chief operating officer of Coke Consolidated,…
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CCSD to hold virtual and in-person graduation ceremonies for Class of 2020
May 11, 2020Charleston County School District (CCSD) and high school principals are planning a two-step process to recognize 2020 graduates amid the health concerns related to COVID-19. The first will be on…
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College of Charleston adopts 10-year strategic plan to become national universityÂ
May 8, 2020
The College of Charleston Board of Trustees on Thursday, May 7, 2020, approved a new strategic plan that will guide the institution over the next 10 years as it seeks to become…
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State Treasurer Curtis Loftis announces Future Scholar ConGRADulations Sweepstakes
May 7, 2020
20 SC high school graduates eligible to receive $529 grants State Treasurer Curtis Loftis announced the launch of the 2020 Future Scholar ConGRADulations Sweepstakes. Twenty members of the Class of…
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University of South Carolina resuming in-person instruction on the Columbia campus
May 6, 2020
The University of South Carolina announced Wednesday its plan to resume in-person instruction on the Columbia campus for the fall 2020 semester beginning in mid-August. In a letter to students,…
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CofC double major plans ambitious career in education
May 6, 2020
There’s power in movement. Rebekah Lyons understands this. As a dance major, she’s intimately familiar with that concept, but she also understands it from a different perspective – that of a teacher. Lyons…
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South Carolina teacher selected for PBS Digital Innovator All-Star Program
May 6, 2020
Richland School District Two’s Warren Wise one of 18 educators chosen to participate. South Carolina ETV (SCETV) today announced that Richland School District Two’s Warren Wise has been selected for…
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CofC professor supports educators in the wake of COVID-19
May 4, 2020
It was sudden. It was unexpected. And it was starting to seem unstoppable. In just two weeks, it had spread to 99 countries, its numbers swelling to over 23,000. And…
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Project Lead The Way honors five CCSD schools
May 1, 2020Charleston County School District is proud to announce five schools have been named Distinguished Schools by Project Lead The Way (PLTW), either as a High School or Gateway School. The…
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MUSC, HPE make innovative drug discovery software publicly available in response to COVID-19 crisis
April 30, 2020
The Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) and Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) are making available to researchers worldwide an innovative new drug discovery program they co-developed, PharML.Bind (https://github.com/jbalma/pharml), in an…
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CSU recognized as premier blood partner; hosts blood drive next week
April 29, 2020
Charleston Southern University has been recognized by the American Red Cross as one of its Premier Blood Partners for 2020 for its support of the community and national blood supply.…
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College of Charleston campus gets refreshed for 250th anniversary
April 29, 2020
In recognition of its 250th anniversary, the College of Charleston has undertaken $3 million in facilities improvements, with many projects targeting historic structures on campus. John Morris, vice president of Facilities…
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College of Charleston Business students help medical workers fighting COVID-19
April 29, 2020This is a real life lesson in supply and demand. Earlier this month, Jocelyn Evans, associate dean and finance professor for the College of Charleston School of Business, and accounting major Jordan Sirota decided to…
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Student teachers seamlessly shift to online instruction for K-12 students
April 28, 2020Teaching is an art – a performance meant to engage, enthrall and inspire. The hope for teachers is that – like an audience in a theater – students leave their…
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Marine recruits to stage at The Citadel for observation prior to Parris Island
April 28, 2020Medical evaluation period helps Marines maintain training pipeline New Marine recruits scheduled to head to Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island near Beaufort, South Carolina  ─  the service’s East Coast training base –…
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Citadel and College of Charleston partnering to help local English teachers
April 24, 2020
A competitive new program, hosted by the two institutions, will help ten high school English teachers get a free start on their Master’s degrees. The Master of Arts program in…
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College of Charleston social dance class offers all the right steps
April 24, 2020
Aside from on reality shows like Dancing with the Stars and So You Think You Can Dance, you don’t see a whole lot of young people ballroom dancing these days. Unless you’re at…
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Clemson board approves tuition freeze for 2020-21 academic year
April 24, 2020
Clemson University’s Board of Trustees approved on Thursday the University’s plan for a tuition and mandatory fee freeze for the 2020-21 academic year for all in-state and out-of-state students. Housing…
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New Dean named for The Citadel School of Humanities and Social Sciences
April 23, 2020
There will be a new dean leading The Citadel School of Humanities and Social Sciences, the largest academic unit of the five schools comprising the college. The Citadel Provost and…
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Gov. Henry McMaster, Superintendent Molly Spearman: Public K-12 schools to remain closed for remainder of the year
April 22, 2020Gov. Henry McMaster, Superintendent Molly Spearman: Public K-12 Schools to Remain Closed for Remainder of the Year 
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Scientific Games scores new six-year contract from South Carolina Education Lottery
April 22, 2020Company’s Products and Services Continue to Maximize Profits for State Education Programs Scientific Games Corporation (NASDAQ: SGMS) (“Scientific Games” or the “Company”) won a new, six-year contract from the South Carolina Education…
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Hobcaw Barony brings life sciences classes online
April 16, 2020
On Monday, April 20, Hobcaw Barony will launch its new online learning portal, providing free resources for homeschool students and for teachers creating distance-learning curriculum that meets South Carolina state…
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College of Charleston MBA program ranked no. 1 in nation for job placement
April 15, 2020
The College of Charleston School of Business MBA program has been named first in the country for job placement, according to U.S. News & World Report. The College’s accelerated one-year MBA program tied…
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Treasurer Curtis Loftis reminds Future Scholar 529 participants of need to reinvest recent college refunds
April 13, 2020
New IRS Guidance Provides Extended Relief due to COVID-19 State Treasurer Curtis Loftis announced that participants in Future Scholar, South Carolina’s 529 College Savings Plan, now have until July 15,…
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Application deadline extended for the SC Financial Literacy Master Teacher program
April 13, 2020
May 31 is new deadline for the second cohort of Master Teachers The deadline to submit applications for the second cohort of educators interested in participating in the South Carolina…
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McNair Institute announces COVID-19 solution challenge
April 10, 2020Announcing the UofSC COVID-19 Challenge: Online Student Ideas Competition UofSC is hosting a student ideas competition to empower YOU to develop innovative solutions – and take action – on the…
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Top ROTC cadets recognized for their leadership and excellence
April 9, 2020
Despite a closed campus, more than 100 men and women in the South Carolina Corps of Cadets are being recognized for their academic and military leadership and excellence During their…
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Lander alumna Molly Spearman leads S.C. schools through pandemic
April 9, 2020
It was Sunday, March 15 and South Carolinians anxiously awaited a televised news conference by S.C. Gov. Henry McMaster concerning the spread of the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, which had recently…
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Trident Technical College produces reusable masks for local health care workers
April 9, 2020
Trident Technical College’s new South Carolina Aeronautical Training Center has not been sitting idle while the college’s campuses are closed to the public. Working alone in an advanced manufacturing lab,…
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College of Charleston professors making masks for medical university
April 8, 2020
If you had told Professor R. Grant Gilmore III two months ago that he would soon be spending a good deal of his time 3D printing masks for healthcare workers, he’d likely…
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College of Charleston’s annual student art competition goes virtual
April 3, 2020
For more than three decades, budding artists have proudly displayed their work across a variety of mediums from photography and sculpture to painting and prints at the annual Young Contemporaries exhibition at…
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College of Charleston’s annual student art competition goes virtual
April 3, 2020For more than three decades, budding artists have proudly displayed their work across a variety of mediums from photography and sculpture to painting and prints at the annual Young Contemporaries exhibition at…
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Logistical nightmare: when the supply chain breaks
April 1, 2020
Our world is more interconnected than ever, allowing people, goods and services to move easily around the globe. It also allows diseases like the novel coronavirus to spread more easily,…
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Suzanne Austin named College of Charleston next provost
April 1, 2020
College of Charleston President Andrew T. Hsu has announced the appointment of Suzanne Austin as the College’s next provost and executive vice president for academic affairs. Austin will succeed Interim Provost and Executive Vice President…
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